Skills

GitHub CI/CD DevOps Kubernetes Jenkins Roadmap planning Decision-making Azure CI/CD Pipelines Infrastructure as Code GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

***** Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

***** No C2C candidates. No candidates requiring sponsorship (now or in the future).

***** Utah candidates preferred. If not, candidates MUST be able to work MST hours and willing to relocate to Logan, UT after conversion to full time employee.

Location North Logan, UT
Job Type Contract to Hire
Posted February 19, 2026

Work Model: Contract-to-Hire, can be remote during contract period but onsite after conversion to full time employee

Job Description:

Our client is seeking a mid to senior-level DevOps Engineer to design and engineer platforms within a complex on-prem and hybrid infrastructure environment. The selected candidate is responsible for designing and building the tooling, automation, and delivery patterns used by application teams. This IT role focuses on engineering solutions rather than day-to-day operations or ticket-based support. Operational ownership transitions to administrator roles once solutions are delivered and documented.

Responsibilities:

Designs and implements CI/CD pipeline infrastructure
Defines standardized build, deployment, and promotion patterns across environments
Partners with development teams to design reliable and secure delivery workflows
Engineers platform observability patterns, including metrics, logs, and traces
Embeds security and compliance requirements (e.g., CMMC, NIST 800-171) into design
Participates in architectural reviews and platform roadmap planning
Builds, automates, and evolves CI/CD pipelines using cloud native solutions or infrastructure as code
Contributes to platform standards, reference architectures, and technical decision-making processes
Delivers engineered platform solutions with complete documentation, reference architectures, and operational handoff to administrator teams
Provides after-hours and on-call support as required

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or software engineering roles, including at least 3 years in a DevOps/Kubernetes platform engineering capacity
1+ year hands-on experience in a DevOps or platform engineering role
Strong CI/CD engineering experience (GitHub Actions, Flux v2, Argo, Jenkins, or similar)
Strong understanding of containerized application delivery
Experience designing solutions for production environments
Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
Must be able to travel as needed
Valid CompTIA Security+ certification (or equivalent) is required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or platform engineering role
Azure-native platform experience
Kubernetes experience (AKS highly preferred)
GitOps or declarative deployment models
Experience designing platforms in regulated environments

About the Company

Founded in 1993, Smith Johnson Tech (SJT) is an employee owned company with over 30 years of experience in the Information Technology Staffing & Recruiting industry. The Smith Johnson team provides custom IT recruiting and placement solutions for a wide variety of companies in the Western United States and Hawaii. Smith Johnson management professionals have information technology backgrounds and understand the extraordinary challenges and changes in the IT industry. They keep our highly-qualified recruiting staff on top of ... Know more